Archive for March, 2010
Redesigned YouTube Takes Aim at Boob Tube, Trolls
YouTube will change the look of all its video pages on Wednesday with a redesign meant to reduce “noise” and clutter. We explore the changes on the world’s third-most-popular website.
Darpa Chief: Fix America’s Critical Geek Shortage
Regina Dugan, head of the Pentagon’s far-out science arm, makes a plea for more troops for Darpa’s “elite army of futuristic technogeeks.”
Spy Thriller ‘Urban Wolf’ Crackles With Tension (But Without Words)
French filmmaker Laurent Touil-Tartour crafts a surveillance-state drama sans dialog. Now his 15-episode, résumé-building web series lands him a distribution deal with Crackle.
10 Years On, ‘The Genome Revolution Is Only Just Beginning’
What has the human genome done for us? We take a look, 10 years after it was first sequenced.
Skydiver Aims to Jump From 120,000 Feet, Break the Sound Barrier
A skydiver hopes a specially designed flight suit will allow him to jump out of a plane at 120,000 feet and break the sound barrier on his way down, setting a world record.